tab moves screen

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when one tabs between fields the screen will move up/down left/right as
needed so the cursor is viewable on screen.

but when one tabs inside a subform this doesn't occur - so someone doing
data entry from a paper document , without looking at their screen, tabs out
of the viewing area and then looks up and isn't sure where they are....

I tried inset a SetFocus from the AfterUpdate subform control temporarily to
a control on the main form that would coincidentally reorient the screen
viewing area - which will work if the cursor is going into this new
control......but since the user really needs to immediately SetFocus on the
next control within the subform I had to put another setfocus in the OnExit -
and there was no screen movement.

kind of a silly issue....but suggestions always welcomed....form is too big
to shrink into one screen space....
 
form is too big to shrink into one screen space....

That should immediately tell you that your design is way off. I would
suggest using a tab control to make everything fit. Try to identify logical
groupings of controls and place them on their own tab page. Your users will
likely thank you for it.
 
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